ਰੰਗੀ ਲੇ ਜਿਹਬਾ ਹਰਿ ਕੈ ਨਾਇ ॥
rangee lay jihbaa har kai naa-ay.
O my tongue, be imbued with the Lord's Name.
ਸੁਰੰਗ ਰੰਗੀਲੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
surang rangeelay har har Dhi-aa-ay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and imbue yourself with this most excellent color. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my tongue, be dyed in the Naam of the One.
Meditate on the One, Har, Har, and be dyed in this brightest, most beautiful color.
The love of the One is a color that soaks all the way through and never washes out.
Let your tongue be dyed in the Naam, the brightest color there is.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Namdev asks that his tongue be dyed in the Naam like cloth in a fast, unfading color, surang, the most excellent hue. The doubled Har Har is the tender repeating of a beloved name.
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